Skenidioides elongatus Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae

Belongs to Skenidioides according to Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Skenidioides acutum, Skenidioides anthonense, Skenidioides asteroideus, Skenidioides billingsi, Skenidioides costatus, Skenidioides craigensis, Skenidioides greenhoughi, Skenidioides hymiri, Skenidioides kayseri, Skenidioides lewisii, Skenidioides multifarius, Skenidioides oklahomensis, Skenidioides operosa, Skenidioides paucicostatus, Skenidioides petrasi, Skenidioides pyramidalis, Skenidioides robertsensis, Skenidioides scoliodus, Skenidioides woodlandiensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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